Agave filifera

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 28 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 28.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Agave filifera


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property., [[Exposure::part-shadesn]]
Water: [[Water::usually moderate to littlesn]]
Sunset Zones: [[Sunset zones::12-29sn]]
Scientific Names

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Read about Agave filifera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Agave filifera, Salm-Dyck (A. pseudofilifera, Ross & Lanz.). Lvs. somewhat upcurved-spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1 1/2 x 8-24 in., with openly grooved spine and rather sparing thin marginal threads: infl. rather stout and dense, 10-15 ft.: fls. maroon, 1 1/2 in.; ovary and segm. 5/8 in. each, tube 1/2 in.- E. Cent. Mex. G.C. II. 7, p. 303; III. 21, p. 167. I. H. 7: 243. Lyon Hort. 1879, p. 208; 1900, p. 371; 1909, p. 147. Gt. 36, p. 544. Neubert's Gart. Mag. 39, p. 307. G.W. 6, p. 79; 1907, p. 9. Ref. Bot., 164. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard, 11, frontisp. Icon. Sel. Hort. Thenensis, pl. 144.—Varies into a number of forms: var. filamentosa, Baker (A. filamentosa, Salm-Dyck, A. filifera latifolia, longifolia, robusta or major, Bonapartea or Liittaea filamentosa), G.C. 34. p. 101, with large lvs.; var. compacta (vars, brevifolia, compacta, densa, depauperata and minor, Hort.), with short broad lvs.; f. variegata (A. filifera superba, Hort.), in which the dingy cuticular stripes of the type (var. viridis or immaculata) are brighter and more persistent. Hybrids are reported with geminiflora (X A. Taylori), Ghiesbrechtii, schidigera (X A. Leopdldii II, A. filifera Leopoldii, J. H. 1893, p. 334), xalapensis (X A. Romani) and xylonacantha (X A. Villarum). CH


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